A foreign trainee pilot was saved by his F-16’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) during a training flight with the Arizona Air National Guard’s 152nd Fighter Squadron.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit
The incident took place on May 5 this year when the trainee was carrying out a basic fighter maneuver with his instructor,who was flying in another F-16. He suffered a G-force induced loss of consciousness and the system immediately kicked in and recovered the aircraft from impact with the ground.